6.0.2

rootpw (required)
Sets the root password for the system.
--iscrypted
Species that the password is encrypted.
password
Species the password value.
upgrade
Either the install, upgrade, or installorupgrade command is required to determine which disk to install or
upgrade ESXi on.
--disk= or --drive=
Species the disk to partition. In the command --disk=diskname, the diskname
can be in any of the forms shown in the following examples:
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Path: --disk=/vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
n
MPX name: --disk=mpx.vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
n
VML name: --disk=vml.000000034211234
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vmkLUN UID:--disk=vmkLUN_UID
For accepted disk name formats, see “Disk Device Names,” on page 181.
--firstdisk=
disk-type1,
[disk-type2,...]
Partitions the rst eligible disk found. By default, the eligible disks are set to
the following order:
1 Locally aached storage (local)
2 Network storage (remote)
3 USB disks (usb)
You can change the order of the disks by using a comma-separated list
appended to the argument. If you provide a lter list, the default seings are
overridden. You can combine lters to specify a particular disk, including
esx for the rst disk with ESX installed on it, model and vendor information,
or the name of the vmkernel device driver. For example, to prefer a disk with
the model name ST3120814A and any disk that uses the mptsas driver rather
than a normal local disk, the argument is
--firstdisk=ST3120814A,mptsas,local.
%include or include (optional)
Species another installation script to parse. This command is treated similarly to a multiline command, but
takes only one argument.
filename
For example: %include part.cfg
%pre (optional)
Species a script to run before the kickstart conguration is evaluated. For example, you can use it to
generate les for the kickstart le to include.
--interpreter
=[python|busybox]
Species an interpreter to use. The default is busybox.
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